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Miesha Tate eyes future fight with Cris Cyborg
At UFC 198 in Curitiba, Brazil, Invicta FC women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg made her highly anticipated UFC debut against Leslie Smith. The fight was a short one, with Cyborg getting the TKO win over Smith in the 1st round. Following the win, Cyborg expressed her interest in going back to Invicta to defend her […]
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Miesha Tate on Ronda Rousey: “I’m at the best point in my career & she’s at the worst”
After nearly a decade as a professional fighter, Miesha Tate captured UFC gold after choking Holly Holm unconscious in the co-main event of UFC 196 on March 5th. Following the fight, many began calling for a trilogy fight with Ronda Rousey, who was on an indefinite hiatus after being brutally knocked out by Holly Holm […]
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VIDEO | Gambler who won $223,000 on Miesha Tate over Holly Holm betting $1M for next fight
https://youtu.be/UuZCoj7ShRA “Vegas” Dave Oancea has been breaking Vegas with his recent MMA bets. Oancea placed a bet siding with Holly Holm in her fight with Ronda Rousey at UFC 193 and ended up collecting $220,000 for the fight. Then in Holm’s first title defense at UFC 196, Oancea bet $77,000 on Miesha Tate, which ended […]
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Miesha Tate randomly tested by USADA
Ahead of her UFC 200 title defense against Amanda Nunes, UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate found herself woken up early Friday morning for a random drug test courtesy of the US Anti-Doping Agency. Early morning of #USADA drug testing — Miesha Tate (@MieshaTate) June 17, 2016 The fight with Nunes at UFC 200 will […]
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PHOTO | #TBT to Miesha Tate’s high school yearbook picture
Curious at all about how the stunning UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate looked in high school? One of her high school classmates uploaded a couple of her yearbook photos to the Internet and her fans have been loving it. Take a look at Miesha Tate in this fun Throwback Thursday junior high edition showing […]
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Miesha Tate fires back at “disrespectful” Ronda Rousey
Since Ronda Rousey was knocked out cold by Holly Holm at UFC 193 last year, there has been much speculation as to whether or not Rousey will return to the Octagon. While initial reports stated that Rousey would be returning to the Octagon after filming a series of movies, the former champ’s return has continually […]
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VIDEO | Miesha Tate delivers racing’s most famous line at NASCAR’s FireKeepers Casino 400
UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate took to the speedway on Sunday at NASCAR’s FireKeepers Casino 400. Tate was given the announcing duties to deliver racing’s most famous line before the race, which took place in at the Michigan International Speedway. Tate said in a tweet, “Had a great time at @MISpeedway today. Met some […]
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Miesha Tate is on a mission to prove she can beat Ronda Rousey
The landscape of the UFC women’s bantamweight division changed greatly on November 15th at UFC 193 as Holly Holm knocked out Ronda Rousey to claim the women’s bantamweight championship. Rousey had reigned as the only women’s bantamweight champion in UFC history until she was knocked out by Holm in Australia. In Holm’s first title defense […]
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Miesha Tate’s cautionary warning to Conor McGregor
UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate has been competing in MMA professionally for nearly a decade. In addition, ‘Cupcake’ was one of the first women in the UFC. Ahead of her UFC 200 fight against Amanda Nunes, Tate appeared on SiriusXM Fight Club, Tate tried to impart some wisdom on UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor, […]
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Miesha Tate discusses “emotionally unstable” Ronda Rousey
While former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey is currently on an indefinite hiatus from competing in the UFC, she has continued to make headlines. During a recent podcast appearance, UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate told a story about an encounter Rousey had with UFC strawweight Paige VanZant. As the story goes, VanZant and […]
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VIDEO | Miesha Tate reflects on MMA career ahead of UFC 200
Ahead of UFC 200 on July 9th, where Miesha Tate will look to defend her UFC women’s bantamweight championship against Amanda Nunes, the UFC women’s bantamweight champion sat down to check out old footage from early on in her MMA career, as well as footage of her wrestling in high school. Check out the awesome […]
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Miesha Tate among four UFC fighters to make Sports Illustrated’s female ‘Fittest 50’ list
Who do you think is the fittest female UFC fighter on the roster? Sports Illustrated compiled their list of the “Fittest 50” men and women (click here to see the men’s list) in sports and four fighters from the UFC made the cut on the women’s list. For the women, current champion Miesha Tate ranked […]
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PHOTO | Miesha Tate gets dolled up as a ‘pretty princess for a day’
UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate is no stranger in front of the camera. Tate, who has won the hearts of many fans got dolled up recently for an editorial photo shoot and looked amazing. Check out “Cupcake” in her behind the scenes photo of the shoot that took place in Las Vegas. Tate said […]
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Miesha Tate offers Cyborg a bantamweight title fight
Current UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate was very impressed by Cristiane Justino’s octagon debut last night at UFC 198. “Cyborg” earned a dominant first-round TKO victory over Leslie Smith at yesterday’s pay-per-view event in Curitiba, Brazil. Following Justino’s 81-second victory, “Cupcake” took to Twitter to offer “Cyborg” the following invitation: Impressive performance by @criscyborg […]
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Miesha Tate explains why Holly Holm’s manager is ‘an idiot’
Miesha Tate is a big fan of Holly Holm’s polite character and they have been friendly to one another even after Tate put Holm to sleep with a rear-naked choke at UFC 196. However, Tate revealed on Joe Rogan’s podcast last week that she has a problem with Tate’s manager Lenny Fresquez. “She’s so nice. […]
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VIDEO | Miesha Tate praises Donald Trump for surprising reason
The world of MMA rarely carries over into the world of politics. With Donald Trump unofficially claiming the Republican nomination this week, Miesha Tate was asked about her support of ‘The Donald’. While Tate clarified that she isn’t necessarily a Trump supporter, she did praise Trump for a pretty funny reason. Check out the clip […]
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Miesha Tate “frustrated” with Conor McGregor over UFC 200 situation
While the UFC took the brunt of the blowback for Conor McGregor refusing to fulfill his media obligations for UFC 200, the promotion wasn’t the only one affected by McGregor’s standoff with the UFC. Co-headliner Miesha Tate, who will look to defend her UFC women’s bantamweight championship against Amanda Nunes in the co-main event, had […]
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Nunes: “Miehsa as a fighter has a lot of holes in her game”
Top UFC women’s bantamweight contender Amanda Nunes will square off with division champion Miesha Tate at this summer’s blockbuster UFC 200 event in Las Vegas. Nunes is confident that she can expose the ‘holes’ in Miesha Tate’s fight game and become the UFC’s new women’s bantamweight title holder on July 9 in Sin City. Amanda […]
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Miesha Tate wants Ronda Rousey at Madison Square Garden for UFC 205
UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate is already looking past UFC 200 and her opponent Amanda Nunes. Tate wants to avenge her losses to former champion Ronda Rousey, and would love for it to take place at the UFC’s big event in New York City. “I think everything happens for a reason,” Tate said at […]
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Miesha Tate says she will finish Holly Holm quicker than their first fight if they ever rematch
UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate is set to fight and defend her title for the first time against Amanda Nunes at UFC 200 in July. Although focused on defending her title against Nunes, Tate spoke with MMA Junkie on the potential rematch with Holm, which is what the former champ wants more than anything. […]
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Miesha Tate: ‘If Holly Holm had won, I guarantee you she would not be giving me an immediate rematch’
There has been a lot of talk since the UFC announced that their women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate would be fighting Amanda Nunes at UFC 200. Lenny Fresquez, manager of former champion Holly Holm claims that Tate “chose to take a weaker opponent” in Nunes. However, Tate’s manager responded to that claim and said that […]
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Miesha Take talks post-UFC 200 plans
While Miesha Tate is currently gearing up for her UFC 200 co-main event fight against Amanda Nunes, which will also serve as her first title defense, she has bigger plans in mind. Tate spoke to Fox Sports Live to explain why she has unfinished business with Ronda Rousey that she plans on finishing. “I sure […]
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Miesha Tate’s manager refutes claims that Tate turned down Holly Holm rematch
Earlier this week, Holly Holm’s manager called out Miesha Tate for taking “the easy way out” and declining a rematch with Holly Holm in order to fight Amanda Nunes at UFC 200. According to Miesha Tate’s manager Josh Jones, that wasn’t the case… He spoke to MMAFighting: “A fight with Holly Holm was never discussed […]
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VIDEO | Miesha Tate reacts to announcement of Amanda Nunes fight live on-air
UFC champ @MieshaTate reacts to the announcement of her title defense against @Amanda_Leoa at #UFC200https://t.co/boQx7dwTjX — UFC Tonight (@UFCTonight) April 7, 2016 Wednesday evening it was announced that Miesha Tate would be making her first title defense against Amanda Nunes in the co-main event of UFC 200. Tate was also scheduled to be working on […]
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PHOTO | Miesha Tate vs. Amanda Nunes promo poster for UFC 200
Late Wednesday evening it was announced that Miesha Tate and Amanda Nunes would be fighting at UFC 200 for Tate’s UFC women’s bantamweight championship. UFC President Dana White took to Instagram shortly after the fight was announced to reveal a pretty awesome promo poster for the fight, which goes down on July 9th. Check it […]
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VIDEO | Miesha Tate opens up on life as UFC champion
https://youtu.be/fhz2xP_VNG4 Earlier this month at UFC 196, Miesha Tate shocked the world as she mounted an impressive comeback in the 5th round of her co-main event scrap with Holly Holm to win the UFC women’s bantamweight championship. While Holly Holm has been campaigning for a rematch with Tate at UFC 200, so far the UFC […]
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Miesha Tate open to fight with Cris Cyborg
There have always been talks of Invicta FC champion Cris Cyborg eventually making her UFC debut. Despite that, UFC President Dana White remained adamant that Cyborg will never fight under the UFC banner. Recently however, a report emerged which shed light on the possibility of Cyborg fighting on the UFC 198 card in Curitiba Brazil. […]
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VIDEO | Miesha Tate’s prediction for Mark Hunt vs. Frank Mir
Tonight in Brisbane, Australia, MMA legends Mark Hunt and Frank Mir will square off inside the Octagon in a pivotal heavyweight showdown. Hunt is coming off a TKO win over Bigfoot Silva back at UFC 193 which snapped a 2-fight losing streak for the popular heavyweight. On the other hand, Mir is coming off a […]